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  • barefoot rice
    [cf. Scots dial. barefoot broth broth made with butter and vegetables, without any meat EDD, and US dial. barefoot tea
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  • bar: come over the bar
    [alluding to a sand bar (now removed) in Nassau harbor] v. phr. to come from abroad: 1940 Dey trus' enybuddy
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  • bap
    [W Car.; echoic] intj. imitating the sound of a sharp blow: 1940 He bump he head on d' wall "Bap!"
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  • bant-leg
    (Andros); ban-leg (Eleu.) [cf. BANTIN] adj. bandy-legged.
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  • bantin
    [cf. bandy and US dial. banty bow-legged ADD] adj. bandy-legged: His legs bantin (San Sal.).  —n. the hip: Stop clappin' ya
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  • banny-sinkle
    (Andros); boungy-sticker or panny-sinky. (Nassau) [origin uncertain, but cf. Sar. asiíka, small crab, and folk etymology; cf. also Pap. panekrab
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  • bank up
     v. phr. to save (money): He banking up he money to go off to school (Nassau). (Gen.)
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  • banja(h), banjer
    /bánja/ [in US /bánjow/ but cf. South, Black /bánja/ (Stanley 1941:10); from "kiMbundu mbanza stringed musical instrument (whence also Jam,
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  • banister (railing)
    [cf. OED banister railing on stairs but cf. 1776 quot. "A neat altar-piece, inclosed with rails and banisters") n. the
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  • banister porch
    [cf. BANISTER RAILING] n. a porch with a railing: 1966 I jump right here on this bannister porch (Crowley 113).
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